Example sentences of "she stand [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | She stands for a long moment . |
| 2 | If you are to be awkward then my mother will not know where she stands for a good deal of time . ’ |
| 3 | There is a seal from the Idaian Cave showing a priestess holding a triton shell to her lips as she stands on a step in front of an altar decked with sacral horns and sacred boughs ( title illustration , Chapter 2 ) . |
| 4 | She stood for a moment on the other side of the room , sizing me up ( and me sizing her up ) , and then she came over to speak to me . |
| 5 | I had an old air-raid shelter , partly dug into the ground because of the slope : there was a load of stones on top , waiting to turn the shelter into an apple store disguised as a rockery , and when Mrs Wilson saw this she stood for a long time looking at the hump in the ground and the pile of stones . |
| 6 | She stood for a few moments catching her breath , then continued through to the kitchen . |
| 7 | Dalgliesh waited until Meg had unlocked the front door and stepped inside before saying his final goodnight , and she stood for a moment watching his tall figure striding down the gravel path and into the darkness . |
| 8 | She stood for a moment , her eyes closed , trying to collect her thoughts , while she struggled to put on her gloves . |
| 9 | She stood for a moment behind the thick black curtain , unwilling to pull it aside . |
| 10 | It was something that had never happened before and she stood for a moment trying to control the thoughts that raced through her head . |
| 11 | She stood for a moment staring round at the flickering shadows thrown by the lone candle , the fire had died long since and the room was cold and suddenly lonely . |
| 12 | There she stood for a long time , gazing out to sea , her heart full of sadness and her eyes full of tears . |
| 13 | She stood for a moment looking at them , and saw how their heads were tilted in the listening attitudes of forest creatures , how their ears were pricked , and how their eyes were bright and intelligent . |
| 14 | She stood for a moment with her head on one side , listening intently . |
| 15 | Melissa found its clean , uncluttered lines at once calming and uplifting , and she stood for a few moments just inside the door , absorbing the tranquil atmosphere . |
| 16 | She was still sick at heart when she passed down through the last glade and found herself staring at the Lodge 's covert thatch , its closed door , She stood for a time in the yard outside , afraid to enter . |
| 17 | She barely noticed it at all as she stood for a few seconds in front of the mirror and pulled the comb through her hair . |
| 18 | When he had gone , she stood for a long time in front of the looking-glass that hung over the fire , her hands pressed to her cheeks , her face quite alive with excitement . |
| 19 | She stood for a moment , looking round her , waiting for the onrush of some emotion — nostalgia , maybe , or regret . |
| 20 | She stood for a moment beside Melissa , looking up at the portrait . |
| 21 | Valerie Stevens had been in the house to get more coffee and as she stepped through the patio doors she stood for a moment staring at Rachel in horror , having only heard the last part of the conversation . |
| 22 | She stood for a long time , trying to make sense of her feelings , the words he had said tumbling around in her brain . |
| 23 | Sophie nodded as she cleaned up the wound , then , after giving an injection of antibiotic , she stood for a moment in thought . |
| 24 | She stood on a chair and I used to have to draw the lines round the back of her legs with a pencil . |
| 25 | She stood on a floor of trodden earth . |
| 26 | ‘ My private life , ’ she stood on a matter of principle to declare tartly , ‘ has nothing whatsoever to do with my work ! ’ |
| 27 | She was defeated when she stood as a National Labour candidate in 1931 . |
| 28 | She stood in a large yard with a glass of white wine in her hand and it spilt down the front of her red dress when she jumped at the banging noise of a firework . |
| 29 | It was as if she stood in a noisy limbo ; all the yesterdays had gone as if they had never been and all the tomorrows were no more than a tantalising promise . |
| 30 | She stood in a dark stifling cell , the woman mumbling by her side . |